Tuesday, December 28, 2010

We're so glad to be among the first stores to have TENseconds Studio's new calligraphy alphabet stamp sets. So cool! Check out their blog for ideas using these fab new stamps, then start your year out right by making a fresh project for yourself!

Monday, December 20, 2010

We're celebrating the holidays in the shoppe by creating (and collecting from customers) our own versions of T!m's 12 Tags of Christmas. We have all the supplies you need to create your own, including a restock of many dies and embellishments that sold out during our Birthday party.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Today we celebrate 10 great years reigning over our growing kingdom of stampers and mixed media artists (addicts). Stop by and say hello, and enjoy a big sale today.

So many of our customers have come in to stock up on the products T!m is using in this years 12 Tags of Christmas feature (on his blog) that Lolly got permission to convert the web version to a more manageable (and paper-saving) print version. You can find the PDF file for each tag (as they are created) on our website (http://www.queensink.com/) as the first bullet in the Royal News section. Challenge yourself to make a few, then send a photo for our blog!

Friday, November 19, 2010

Preparations are underway for this weekend's Magic at the Mill kick-off to the holiday season. Trees, lights, and shiny things add a festive air to your shopping experience. Visit with Santa, see a puppet show, and enjoy live music over the weekend. The complete schedule is available on Savage Mill's website.

We're also getting ready to celebrate our 10th Birthday, so check our website and watch for an email newsletter for details of special happenings coming December 4th thru 10th.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

We just received the second holiday release from Memory Box...wow! The poinsettia stamp sold out so fast that the Queen re-ordered right away, and it arrived today! Check out the gorgeous sample ----------->

We're always anxious to see the samples that come with every order, and we're never disappointed (thanks Dave!).

Yesterday, the truck brought the WeRMemorykeepers Cinch binding tool... very cool! For those of you who took Patti's Steampunk Journal class, you're familiar with this tool's ease of use and crisp results. What a cool tool to find under the tree... let your "someone" know soon!

We still have some spots available in Jen Starr's workshops next Saturday (Nov. 13th). This is your chance to learn how to use all the cool Glimmer Mists you've bought (Tattered Angels), plus see how cool the new Glimmer Glam and Glaze look on your paper and metal projects.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

We just got a shipment from Magnetic Poetry that will certainly make great Christmas presents. In addition to those large upper and lower case sets we've had before, we received six themed Word Stamp sets in tins for Family & Friends; Vacation & Travel; Holidays & Events; Love & Romance; Dates & Seasons; and Kids. Something new... a T-Shirt Stamping Kit. What a great gift for a Tween!

In other news, signups for Jane Davies' classes next week (Nov. 4th-6th) are a bit slow, so get on the phone and take the opportunity to learn collage and painting techniques from a fabulous artist who is really fun to have in the classroom.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Wow, the blog is woefully out of date; however, we hope you're still interested in following us. When in doubt, visit www.queensink.com, where we post new products at least twice a week and announce upcoming classes as they are scheduled.

If you're on our email list, you learned from an email sent on Saturday that Patti is out of town enjoying a few classes and out-of-store inspiration. Meanwhile, back at the store... Lolly is having a sale (through Wednesday), so come on in, bring cash or your checkbook, and save 10 percent by NOT using plastic!

Our shelves are beginning to burst with new products, many that were pre-ordered at CHA (Summer) that had staggered release dates.

Here's what has come in the last week:

Christmas stamps from Penny Black

New cling-mounted and wood-mounted stamps from the Tim Holtz Collection for Stampers Anonymous

Say It With Style - Perfect Quotes for Every Cardmaking Occasion from House of White Birches

Fabulous Folds for Cardmaking from House of White Birches

Restock of Zentangle Basics from Design Originals

Restock of Zentangle 3 from Design Originals

Restock of Totally Tangled from Design Originals

Somerset Studio (Nov/Dec 2010)

Where Women Create (Nov/Dec/Jan 2011)

Artful Blogging (Nov/Dec/Jan 2011)

Art Doll Quarterly (Nov/Dec/Jan 2011)

Our November class schedule is shaping up very nicely. Amidst the hustle and stress we all experience as we prepare for upcoming holidays, don't forget to take a little time for YOURSELF. Take a look at our class descriptions, then call to reserve your spot.

Patti is away this week at a Zentangle Master Class. The store is running Zentangle Basics and Intermediate Classes monthly. The Basics class is an introduction to the philosophy of Zentagling using the preferred tools of Zentagle creators Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas. Intermediate classes (which are numbered but do not needed to be taken in order) focus on learning and using 6-8 specific tangles (there are 102 in all!)

We are fully stocked with Zentagle supplies and Design Originals books written by certified Zentangle teachers.

Our next Zentangle Basics class is Tuesday, August 10th and our next Intermediate Class (#2) is August 11th. Sign up and check it out!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Memory Box has had a Color of the Month Program which we have started to participate in. Every month they feauture one of the many colors in their palette of white inside, color outside A2 cards. We receive a limited number of the card packs and a card sample. August's COTM is Pink Grapefruit. Here you see it used with three poppystamps stamps: Ring Background, Solid Peony Blossom and Lucky Dragonfly.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

A lot of hard work went into getting the store back in shape. We have been restocking old favorites and ordering new stamps, papers and embellishments for the holidays. We moved stuff all round the store.

A shout-out for their many hours of hard work goes to Jeanne, Nancy, Claudia, Laura, Terri, Chrissie and Patti's sister Kathi.

A shout-out to vendors Ten Seconds Studio, Outlines, Graphic Products and Alvin for rushing out new products to replace our damaged merchandise.

Our remnants table is overflowing with loads of stamps and embellishments that we even forgot we had! Because we need help to make way for new stuff from Tim Holtz, Ten Second Studio and Graphic 45 (just to name a few) that will be shipping starting the first week in August, all remnants table items will be 60% off until the end of July!

I was going to show more photos of the newly revamped store but you really need to come in and see it for yourself.

Friday, July 16, 2010

all the problems we had with leaks in the studio space. The roof would leak while it stormed - hours after and even days after a storm.

Well this time it wasn't the roof... What you are looking at is what happened sometime before 8:30 a.m. last Friday morning. We heard some drip drip drip when we were leaving the store Thursday night. All the appropriate people were alerted and some even came running. We left a couple of hours later thinking things were stable.

The drip pan underneath the air conditioning unit was full of rust and water and the chains that held it in place failed.

Pretty, isn't it!

We are still cleaning. All the merchandise in this area has to be inspected, cleaned and either inventoried for damage, put on our sale table or relocated to a different area.

We have a load of stuff on sale as we continue to clean and move things around. Tim Holtz signature products and Jenni Bowlin paper goods are still on sale through Saturday.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Okay, a stamp of a reindeer with Christmas lights (Lightbulb Reindeer) is not exactly spooky, but it does remind us all that before you know it we will be shopping and cooking and racing towards the end of 2010.

The whole idea behind Christmas in July (I believe) is to enjoy some of the things we never have time for in November and December - making wonderful crafty and artsy things for the people we love.

Fred P. Bear

Isn't this the most adorable bear! My college's mascot is a polar bear and I just need this bear!